Sale reports / Alabama / Opp Stockyards / 2020-03-31

Opp Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Opp, Alabama · Tue, Mar 31
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1985
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 0▲ 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 0▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 0▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week ago: No trend, sale not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.54/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$131.54
66 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.86
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441132.9058657
Medium and Large 2441122.895419thin
One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale66 hd
131.54
—
AL average12 barns · 1,031 hd
122.68
+8.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,25073.009131thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14847.785497thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31946.3461123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01041.0141412

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Opp Livestock - Opp, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260160.00/cwt160.00–160.004161
Steers—Medium and Large 1265177.50/cwt177.50–177.504701
Steers—Medium and Large 1327157.50/cwt155.00–160.005155
Steers—Medium and Large 1382158.98/cwt158.00–160.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 2417146.66/cwt145.00–147.506123
Steers—Medium and Large 1418154.06/cwt150.00–157.006446
Steers—Medium and Large 1474145.65/cwt142.50–152.006909
Steers—Medium and Large 2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 1525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 2570137.00/cwt137.00–137.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1575142.58/cwt140.00–145.008204
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323139.10/cwt130.00–142.504495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328151.74/cwt150.00–152.5049812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355132.50/cwt132.50–132.504701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374143.41/cwt137.50–147.5053611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429136.89/cwt130.00–140.005878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472130.74/cwt127.00–135.0061710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515107.00/cwt107.00–107.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523119.18/cwt115.00–127.006236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565108.59/cwt105.00–113.006147
Heifers—Medium and Large 161399.74/cwt98.00–103.006113
Heifers—Medium and Large 263091.00/cwt91.00–91.005731
Heifers—Medium and Large 285080.00/cwt80.00–80.006801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328148.32/cwt145.00–150.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332159.20/cwt157.50–160.005293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360155.03/cwt152.50–157.505585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363145.05/cwt140.00–148.005275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431146.53/cwt145.00–152.506328
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465141.12/cwt135.00–145.0065610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1544133.60/cwt131.00–136.007275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595122.00/cwt122.00–122.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 362594.00/cwt94.00–94.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635117.50/cwt117.50–117.507462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 275589.00/cwt89.00–89.006721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,25073.00/cwt73.00–73.009131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97441.88/cwt38.00–45.0040810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14847.78/cwt45.00–54.005497
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18836.64/cwt35.00–38.004352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22064.00/cwt64.00–64.007811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32345.54/cwt42.00–48.0060222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—735.00/cwt625.00–875.00—10
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—625.00/cwt575.00–675.00—6
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—510.00/cwt510.00–510.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—447.50/cwt375.00–520.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—228.33/cwt225.00–230.00—3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—956.25/cwt900.00–1,000.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—706.25/cwt675.00–750.00—4

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.